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"Unity makes strength" ; French: L'union fait la force] is a motto that has been used by various states and entities throughout history. It is used by Belgium, Bulgaria, Haiti, Malaysia and Georgia on their coats of arms and is the national motto of Belgium, Bolivia, Malaysia, Georgia and Bulgaria.
The motto was originally used by the Dutch Republic as "eendracht maakt macht". It was derived originally from a Greek phrase attributed to Homer, dating to roughly 850 BC, that later appears similarly in the Latin phrase concordia res parvae crescunt , used in the Bellum Iugurthinum of Roman Republican writer Sallust.
The similar moral of the Aesopic fable "The Old Man and his Sons" has been rendered in various related ways: "All power is weak unless united" , "Unity makes strength, strife wastes" , "Strength lies in union" , "Strength is in unity" , "Unity is strength" , "Union gives strength" , "Union is strength" , "In unity is strength" ; although older versions are more specific: "Brotherly love is the greatest good in life and often lifts the humble higher" , "Just as concord supplies potency in human affairs, so a quarrelsome life deprives people of their strength".